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Slavery in Canada

Slavery in Canada. 1. A. Who was the first black slave in Canada? (Baptized Name) Olivier LeJeune B. Where did he come from? Madagascar, Africa C. What year did he arrive in Canada? 1628. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5CJreHfpg.

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Slavery in Canada

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  1. Slavery in Canada

  2. 1. A. Who was the first black slave in Canada? (Baptized Name) • Olivier LeJeune B. Where did he come from? • Madagascar, Africa C. What year did he arrive in Canada? • 1628

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5CJreHfpg

  4. 2. A. Why did slavery take on a different form than the USA? • Climate & Geography gave Canada a harsh climate and short growing season, which prevented plantations from developing. B. What form did it take on in Canada? • Indoor free-labourers, as cooks, maids, nannies etc… C. Why was the average death of a slave in Canada 25 years old? - Isolation caused loneliness and drove some mad. - They did not have a sense of community like the USA plantation slaves. - Malnutrition and a lack of will to live

  5. 3. A. Who was the 1st free black to set foot into Canada? • Mathieu Da Costa B. When did he arrive? • 1605 C. What did he do? • He helped found Port Royal, NS (with Champlain) • He was a translator between French fur - traders and the Natives • He was a free nation builder Complete worksheet on Mathieu Da Costa

  6. 4. Explain the de facto colour line. • Town-dwelling aristocrats & merchants preferred using Natives that were captured in wars as domestics. They were more exotic and docile and less dangerous. - On the Frontier, they preferred Black slaves for protecting fur-trading outposts and as heavy farm labourers

  7. 5. Explain Code Noir. - Law in New France in 1685 - Slaves could not marry whites or carry weapons - Gave guidance on religious instruction of slaves - Determined how slaves were to be treated in cases of theft or attempting to escape. - Allowed whites to take ownership of slave offspring

  8. 6. Describe the story of Marie Joseph Angelique. • Black slave in Montreal in 1734 • She was informed that she was going to be sold and allegedly set fire to her owner’s house. The fire destroyed nearly 50 homes • She was arrested and convicted of arson and sentenced to hang • She was tortured (legs smashed) until she confessed to a priest and then her hand was cut off (some sources say that she did not end up having her hand cut off)), she was paraded around town wearing an arsonist sign and she was hanged in public • Her case brought attention to the conditions under which most slaves lived. • The torture of convicted slaves was outlawed a few years later • She became a martyr for the Black Community

  9. Marie Joseph Angelique • Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oetie0hDB9Y • Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5tLgpCB25Y&NR=1 • Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIzSiHsr-Wk&feature=related

  10. 7. Where in Canada were slave auctions most common? - Nova Scotia

  11. What 2 newspapers published notices of rewards for captured runaway slaves? • The Montreal Gazette • The Nova Scotia Advertiser

  12. 9. A. Who was Chloe Cooley? • A slave girl from Queenstown • She was beaten and bound by her master • She was transported across the Niagara River and sold

  13. 9. B. In 1793, the government passed a law entitled “An Act to Prevent the Further Introduction of Slaves and Limit the Term of Enforced Servitude within this Province.” Explain what this meant. • It freed the children of slaves only after they turned 25 • It prevented new settlers from bringing slaves into the province

  14. 10. Explain the ruling set free the 300 slaves of Lower Canada? • 1803, Osgoode, the Chief Justice of Lower Canada, ruled that slavery was incompatible with British Law. • Any slave who wished to leave their owner could do so without fear of being returned.

  15. Notes: John Anderson • Born a slave about 1830. • He was sold and separated from his family • He decided to runaway • He stabbed a slave catcher called Seneca Diggs, who was trying to capture him • Anderson fled to Canada, but was arrested in 1860 and put on trial for the murder.

  16. John Anderson • Canada ruled that he was to be sent back to the USA as a slave • Britain asked the Government General not to send him back to the USA. Canada agreed • In 1861, Anderson was invited to go to London, which he did • His trial was in American, Canadian and British newspapers. • This showed that Canada was going to protect slaves.

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